Re: [QUAD-L] Rehab/housework

[RONALD L PRACHT]

I love hearing your story Lori. What happened to your father? What did you do 
after your mother died for care?How did you get involved with school in those 
dark ages for disabled?
Ron 

On Saturday, January 28, 2017 9:35 PM, Lori Michaelson 
 wrote:
 

 Same as Larry. None because I was flat on my back for the longest time with a 
tracheotomy and a halo. I first could only get up any manual chair (this was 
1980) and did not get my first (Everest & Jennings) wheelchair until much 
later. 
My mother was dying of cancer so she sent both of my sisters up to where I was 
at at rehab at Sunnyview Hospital in upper New York State to learn my care 
before I went home.
I don't know if they sent me home early because of my mother deteriorating 
rapidly or because it was time for me to do so. 
I came home in November of 1980. Before going to rehab I was first in ICU for 
around 3 months or a little longer near by my home and then after needing my 
neck fused (and still having a tracheotomy) I was moved to another nearby 
hospital that had a very small rehab unit for me to receive range of motion, 
etc. but all of this time I was flat on my back. I was also there at the 
hospital a total of 3 or 4 months before I went to rehab.
I was injured at age 15 and did not come home until I was 16 1/2. A total of 13 
months. I then lost my mother only 6 months to pancreatic cancer that she 
fought for a long long time. It took her a long time to get diagnosed as well. 
I remember her getting sick before my accident but she just thought it was the 
flu or a bug or something because she had periods of nausea (unexplained) and 
probably some other things but being only 14 and wrapped up in my own teenage 
life I wasn't paying too much attention. Then my accident happened and it still 
took her a long time to get diagnosed after I was an inpatient and diagnosed as 
a quadriplegic. 
I lost my father when I was only 13 so that was a terrible terrible terrible 
terrible terrible 3 years. 1978, 1979 and 1981.
While I was in rehab my mother had an addition built onto my one sister's home 
and purchased a brand-new full-size Dodge van for my transportation.
On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Larry Willis  wrote:

None. I couldn't even feed myself.

Larry WillisRetired and proud of it

Begin forwarded message:


Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com
From: Bobbie Humphreys 
Date: January 28, 2017 at 5:09:05 PM EST
To: quad-list@eskimo.com
Subject: [QUAD-L] Rehab/housework



When you al were in rehab, how much training did you get for doing housework, 
like cooking  laundry, vacuuming, making a bed or grocery shopping ?
I had many classes, in OT, on how to do all of the above when I was at Kessler 
Insitute.
Bobbie 

"Be the change you want to see in the world". Gandhi





-- 
"Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and heart 
and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean Koontz


   

Re: [QUAD-L] Rehab/housework

[Lori Michaelson]

Same as Larry. None because I was flat on my back for the longest time with
a tracheotomy and a halo. I first could only get up any manual chair (this
was 1980) and did not get my first (Everest & Jennings) wheelchair until
much later.

My mother was dying of cancer so she sent both of my sisters up to where I
was at at rehab at Sunnyview Hospital in upper New York State to learn my
care before I went home.

I don't know if they sent me home early because of my mother deteriorating
rapidly or because it *was* time for me to do so.

I came home in November of 1980. Before going to rehab I was first in ICU
for around 3 months or a little longer near by my home and then after
needing my neck fused (and still having a tracheotomy) I was moved to
another nearby hospital that had a very small rehab unit for me to receive
range of motion, etc. but all of this time I was flat on my back. I was
also there at the hospital a total of 3 or 4 months before I went to rehab.

I was injured at age 15 and did not come home until I was 16 1/2. A total
of 13 months. I then lost my mother only 6 months to pancreatic cancer that
she fought for a long long time. It took her a long time to get diagnosed
as well. I remember her getting sick before my accident but she just
thought it was the flu or a bug or something because she had periods of
nausea (unexplained) and probably some other things but being only 14 and
wrapped up in my own teenage life I wasn't paying too much attention. Then
my accident happened and it still took her a long time to get diagnosed
after I was an inpatient and diagnosed as a quadriplegic.

I lost my father when I was only 13 so that was a terrible terrible
terrible terrible terrible 3 years. 1978, 1979 and 1981.

While I was in rehab my mother had an addition built onto my one sister's
home and purchased a brand-new full-size Dodge van for my transportation.

On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Larry Willis 
wrote:

> None. I couldn't even feed myself.
>
> Larry Willis
> Retired and proud of it
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *Resent-From:* quad-list@eskimo.com
> *From:* Bobbie Humphreys 
> *Date:* January 28, 2017 at 5:09:05 PM EST
> *To:* quad-list@eskimo.com
> *Subject:* *[QUAD-L] Rehab/housework*
>
> When you al were in rehab, how much training did you get for doing
> housework, like cooking  laundry, vacuuming, making a bed or grocery
> shopping ?
> I had many classes, in OT, on how to do all of the above when I was at
> Kessler Insitute.
> Bobbie
>
> "Be the change you want to see in the world". Gandhi
>
>


-- 
"Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and
heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean
Koontz

Re: [QUAD-L] Why keep pushing on

[Carolyn Boyles]

My husband of 33 years (in March) and a houseful of special needs cats. 
We couldn't have children so we started adopting special needs cats. We 
did get carried away over the years, but we younger and in better health.


In a more technical sense we keep pushin' on because we haven't died yet.:-)

I believe in God. Spinal cord injuries typically happen because of an 
accident. Each of us could easily have been killed, but we were spared. 
I think it happens for a reason. My husband thinks it's to change the 
path your life was on because it would be worse in some way.


That's my two cents' worth.

Carolyn

Fwd: [QUAD-L] Rehab/housework

[Larry Willis]

None. I couldn't even feed myself.

Larry Willis
Retired and proud of it


Begin forwarded message:

> Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com
> From: Bobbie Humphreys 
> Date: January 28, 2017 at 5:09:05 PM EST
> To: quad-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: [QUAD-L] Rehab/housework
> 
> When you al were in rehab, how much training did you get for doing housework, 
> like cooking  laundry, vacuuming, making a bed or grocery shopping ?
> I had many classes, in OT, on how to do all of the above when I was at 
> Kessler Insitute.
> Bobbie 
> 
> "Be the change you want to see in the world". Gandhi

[QUAD-L] Rehab/housework

[Bobbie Humphreys]

When you al were in rehab, how much training did you get for doing housework, 
like cooking  laundry, vacuuming, making a bed or grocery shopping ?
I had many classes, in OT, on how to do all of the above when I was at Kessler 
Insitute.
Bobbie 

"Be the change you want to see in the world". Gandhi